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Ready to prep and begin the repainting/clearing process.
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Shooter lane area has been sanded as clean as possible.There is a repair to be done in this area as well.
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Wood tones are being refreshed to help hide some of the staining and tracking from the many years of use.
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Shooter lane repair.
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Playfield is pretty fragile at this point so it will be cleared to seal it up and provide abetter foundation to later work
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First clear applied.This is a heavy coat of full gloss.It doesn't represent what the true finish will be once complete it i
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Highlighted here are the many cracks in the inserts that will need to be filled in along the way.The clear will do some
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These inserts have taken the clear much better after some coaxing of course.This is what I need to get out of all the in
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Will let this set a couple days then I can get back into it.
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Playfield is sanded and being prepped for round 2 this will include most of the leveling and repaints but not all.
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Shooter lane continues to be reworked.Getting the dirt and grain out is proving to be a challenge.
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Most all colors need to be repainted including the purple.
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As it levels out the inserts lose art.
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The hole will continue to be reworked as well.As the fibers of wood seal I can further perfect it.
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Cleaned and ready for the repaints to follow.
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Purple is masked and sprayed.
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Red is masked and sprayed.
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Yellow masked and sprayed.
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White masked and sprayed.Looks easy but all this is very time consuming and tedious.On the white I tried to strike a balanc
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White unmasked.
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The worst black areas are done but not all .Thbe insert borders will be done later in the process once I am certain they a
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Ready for the next clear this too will be full gloss as I continue to fill level and protect the work already done.
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Cleared for the second time.
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Wet in the following pictures.
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Inserts are sealed now I think so we are closingg in on the final reworks once this cures a few days.
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Will give t a few days then hopefully it will be ready for the final reworks and more correct clear.
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Playfield sanded and ready for more repainting.
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Going to catch the insert borders and some minor details on this pass.
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